A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 25, 1982

By the time Quarterback Joe Montana had led San Francisco to its
heart-stopping victory over the Dallas Cowboys and to the National
Football Conference championship last week, TIME Sport Writer Tom
Callahan had already completed much of his reporting for this week's
cover story on the 49ers and their crackerjack young star. Callahan had
flown to the West Coast the week before to watch San Francisco defeat
the New York Giants, and spent the intervening days interviewing the
team. Washed out of San Francisco by torrential rains, the 49ers
retreated south to dryer practice fields at Anaheim, and Callahan
pursued them...